I am sick to my stomach and need some advice as to what recourse I may have with a piece of crap dealer. In 2005 I purchased a brand new 2004 (with 12 miles) SRT 10 from a Dodge dealer in Conn. In the past year & half I have put on 5k pampered miles, with the car only coming out on nice summer days.
Just yesterday I brought the car to a local detailer to buff out a couple scratches I accidently put on the trunk. The detailer asked if I would consider repainting the trunk as he was concerned he my buff through the clear coat. Since the car is in pristine condition (except for the stupid scratch ), I answered I would never paint the car for a small scratch as I beleive that a car with re-paint would be more difficult to sell. Just after I made this statement, the detailer asked why I had the rear quater panel painted. I had no idea what he was talking about and told him that he was an idiot as I bought the car new and never repainted.
After he pointed out the tell tale signs of a re-paint, I completely agree, the car did have a repainted panel.
How does this happen, how could a dealer sell as new if the car was repainted?
What can I do now that over a year has passed, how do I prove it?
Do I contact Dodge Corp or the dealer first?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I am so pissed. If I wanted to take my chances with buying a repainted car, I would have bought used.
Just yesterday I brought the car to a local detailer to buff out a couple scratches I accidently put on the trunk. The detailer asked if I would consider repainting the trunk as he was concerned he my buff through the clear coat. Since the car is in pristine condition (except for the stupid scratch ), I answered I would never paint the car for a small scratch as I beleive that a car with re-paint would be more difficult to sell. Just after I made this statement, the detailer asked why I had the rear quater panel painted. I had no idea what he was talking about and told him that he was an idiot as I bought the car new and never repainted.
After he pointed out the tell tale signs of a re-paint, I completely agree, the car did have a repainted panel.
How does this happen, how could a dealer sell as new if the car was repainted?
What can I do now that over a year has passed, how do I prove it?
Do I contact Dodge Corp or the dealer first?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I am so pissed. If I wanted to take my chances with buying a repainted car, I would have bought used.